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Further clarification from E.U. court about trademark-design relationship

April 29, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On 25 April 2013, the General Court of the European Union weighed in on the issue of relationship between three-dimensional marks and designs. In Su-Shan Chen v. OHIM, the Court compared...

State aid to Fiat: permissible or not?

April 11, 2013Igor NikolićBlog, Competition, State aid

A Protocol on Mutual Relations recently signed between the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian car manufacturer Fiat automobili Srbija has polarizedthe professional and business community. According to the Protocol, the Serbian Government...

Proposed amendments to Law on Protection of Competition

April 11, 2013Tijana KojovićBlog, Competition, Competition Law - Other Issues

The 2009 Serbian Law on Protection of Competition is undergoing an overhaul. The first draft of the amendments, prepared jointly by the Ministry of Trade and the Commission for Protection...

Highlighter infringes drawing of another highlighter, says Serbian court

April 9, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On March 21, 2013, the Belgrade daily Politika published the operative part of a judgment rendered by the Serbian Commercial Appellate Court in a rare case concerning trademark infringement of a drawing...

Time ripe for introduction of trademark opposition proceedings in Serbia

April 2, 2013Bogdan Ivanišević and Ana PetkovicBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

Serbia provides a rare example of a jurisdiction that does not use opposition proceedings as a means of ensuring that only those signs that fulfill requisite conditions receive protection under...

CJEU: Regulatory activity of professional associations is subject to competition rules

March 5, 2013Tijana KojovićBlog, Competition, Restrictive Agreements

In Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas v Autoridade da Concorrência(judgment of 28 February 2013), the Court of Justice of the European Union weighed in on the issue whether a regulatory...

Proposed tax reform in Serbia of relevance to IT sector

February 28, 2013Miloš KrstićBlog, Intellectual Property, IP Licensing

On 7th February 2013, the Serbian Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Serbian Investment and Export Promotion Agency published a discussion paper on reforms aimed at furthering the development of the IT...

Regulatory activity as infringement of competition rules

February 27, 2013Tijana KojovićBlog, Competition, Restrictive Agreements

This post examines whether and to what extent competition rules in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina apply to public authorities when they prescribe regulations that affect or may affect competition in...

E.U. General Court: “B Berg” creates likelihood of confusion when used for sportswear

February 26, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Trade Names

On 20 February 2013, in Caventa AG v. OHIM, the Fifth Chamber of the General Court of the European Union upheld the decision of OHIM’s Board of Appeal to deny registration...

European courts weigh in on the interaction between intellectual property and (other) human rights

February 21, 2013Bogdan IvaniševićBlog, Copyright, Intellectual Property

The two highest judicial institutions in Europe – European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) – recently issued judgments concerning the relationship...

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Further clarification from E.U. court about trademark-design relationship

State aid to Fiat: permissible or not?

Proposed amendments to Law on Protection of Competition

Highlighter infringes drawing of another highlighter, says Serbian court

Time ripe for introduction of trademark opposition proceedings in Serbia

CJEU: Regulatory activity of professional associations is subject to competition rules

Proposed tax reform in Serbia of relevance to IT sector

Regulatory activity as infringement of competition rules

E.U. General Court: “B Berg” creates likelihood of confusion when used for sportswear

European courts weigh in on the interaction between intellectual property and (other) human rights

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